The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) will celebrate the publication of its new coffee-table book, “The Nature of the Meadowlands,” with a special book talk and signing by author Jim Wright of the NJMC and Governor Thomas H. Kean, who wrote the book’s foreword.

The signing and talk are on Monday, Oct. 15, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Meadowlands Environment Center in DeKorte Park.

The lavishly illustrated, 128-page book illuminates the Meadowlands’ natural and unnatural history, including its darkest days of a half-century ago and its inspiring environmental revival.

Copies of the “Nature of the Meadowlands” are now available at the gift shop in the MEC. Proceeds from the book go to the MEC's educational programs.

The book, which sells for $34.99, also celebrates the amazing landscapes and parks to be found here, including DeKorte Park, the home of the NJMC, the Kearny Marsh and Secaucus’s Laurel Hill.

Individual chapters are devoted to birds, butterflies, and mammals –with a final photo-essay section that captures the essence of the Meadowlands throughout the year.

At the Oct. 15 talk and signing, Governor Kean will speak about the environmental recovery chronicled in “The Nature of the Meadowlands” and Wright will give a slide show and talk highlighting its striking photography.

Like us on Facebook, click below!

Upcoming Events

The Nature Blog is 100% interactive and we want to hear from you! Send us your Meadowlands bird photos, sunset and sunrise shots, scenic landscapes and anything else you’d like to share. You don’t have to be a photographer to contribute. We’re also looking to post your artwrk, observations, essays, poetry and any thoughts related to nature in the Meadowlands. So join the Meadowlands Nature Blog family. You’re only a click away.